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TIL of Banjawarn Station, which is a 4000 square km sheep station in western Australia In 1993, it was purchased by the Japanese Aum Shinrikyo cult, allegedly for mining operations. On the May 28th 1993,a large fireball and seismic disturbance was spotted from just south of the site by sensors.

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59oB TIL that after winning independence from France, Haiti was forced to pay 150 million francs (later reduced to 60 million) in reparations to the French slaveholders in order for France to recognize their sovereignty. Starting in 1825, the last payment was made in 1947.
eke5 TIL an Imperial Wizard of the KKK successfully appealed to the US 3rd Circuit Court that possession of a pipe bomb was not a crime of violence, and was released in 2012
BYpk TIL Numerous people have been killed singing the Frank Sinatra song “My Way” in karaoke bars in the Philippines. The news media has recorded at least half a dozen “My Way Killings” in the last decade, and many bars have removed the song from their playbooks.
LQ1bP TIL in the late 70s, Martin Scorsese was very depressed & struggling with a dangerous coke addiction. Once, while hospitalized w/ internal bleeding, De Niro visited & convinced him to make another movie, to save his life. Scorsese agreed, sure it would be his last film. It was Raging Bull.
xVRND TIL Breastmilk has immune-boosting components that are dynamic in responding to your baby’s needs—from age to time of day and even illness.